189 Albertbridge Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT5 4PW

A two-and-a-half storey two-bay end of terrace Victorian townhouse built c.1865; oblique plan with two rear returns. Located at the junction of the Albertbridge Road and Templemore Avenue, opposite Mountpottinger Methodist Church (HB26/08/004), east Belfast. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; ogee moulded cast-iron gutters with some uPVC replacement gutters and downpipes. Red brick chimneys with terracotta pots. Ruled-and-lined painted stucco rendered walling with projected plinth course; rusticated quoins and moulded string and eaves course. Timber casement windows with coloured decorative came-lights to upper pane; moulded surrounds and masonry cill. Shallow elliptical arched entrance; long-and-short stucco surrounds and projected keyblock; replacement door and side lights; decorative leaded over light reading “Dr J.F. Breach”. The principal elevation faces north and is asymmetrically arranged. Front entrance to the right with single first floor window over. Lead roof two-storey canted bay to the left. Continuous string course between ground and first floor. Wall-headed gabled dormer with open pediment mouldings; embracing paired diminished in height windows with crest over depicting the initials “J.D.W.” and dated “1912”. The left elevation is abutted by adjoining building 191 Albertbridge Road. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged and largely abutted by two two-storey returns. Single replacement ground floor door; 2/2 sliding sash with horizontal glazing bars to first floor; segmental arched 2/2 sliding sash with horizontal glazing bars landing light to the right; single replacement casement window to the second floor; modern roof light to the rear roof pitch. The right return is gable ended; single first floor window to the gable; various windows and doors to the west cheek. The left return has a parapetted roof terrace. Single first floor window to the south face; various windows and doors to the east cheek; shallow elliptical arch entrance door with paired windows to the right at ground floor and a single first floor window with oriel bay to the right at first floor to the west cheek. Roof terrace accessed from second floor door. The right gable is symmetrically arranged; two ground floor windows; two oriel first floor bays; two diminished second floor windows embraced by open pediment style cornice mouldings. Setting: The building is prominently located at the end of a terrace comprising similarly detailed by smaller dwellings, at the junction of an arterial route to the east of Belfast. Surrounded by a cluster of socially significant historic buildings including schools (HB26/08/013), churches (HB26/08/004), swimming bath (HB26/08/003) and an orange hall, beyond which is largely two and three-storey terraced housing. Roofing : Natural slate Walling: Ruled-and-lined render Windows: Timber casement leaded lights RWG: Cast-iron/uPVC replacement